Volume One, Chapter One: The Foot Massage Parlor on the Brink of Closure

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(Should I send my brain or not?... Might as well send it.)
(Don’t forget to collect your daily reward~)
“This is the worst foot massage place I’ve ever been to.”
“Guess you really get what you pay for. Next time I won’t be tempted by cheap prices.”
“The masseuse was so ugly, probably fifty-year-old aunties. My feet got clean, but my soul got polluted.”
“Nothing like the pictures in their ads. Totally false advertising!”

In the outskirts of Quanzhou, just left from the gate of Quanzhou University, down a narrow alley stood the foot massage shop. A few college students walked out, grumbling and cursing.

Watching this scene, Chen Wen felt helpless.
As a fellow college student, he knew well enough why male students frequented foot massage shops—it was all about the pretty masseuse girls.
If he could hire a youthful, attractive girl, business would surely boom.
The idea was simple, but finding a beautiful girl was anything but.

Take Su Wen, the campus belle who had just walked past the shop. Chen Wen swallowed hard at the thought of inviting her to work as a masseuse—not even daring to imagine it.
Su Wen’s bright eyes and white teeth, her delicate, porcelain-like skin, her curvaceous yet agile figure, and especially her ideal height of 168 centimeters…
Her pale short skirt and athletic top hugged her body in perfect curves.
She looked freshly exercised, beads of sweat rolling down her fair skin.
If someone dared get close, they’d surely catch a hint of her sweat’s fragrance.

For a moment, it was as though the bustling street outside the university had frozen. The male students grilling skewers in the shop lost all appetite.
Su Wen was the widely acknowledged campus belle of Quanzhou University.
Her figure, looks, and family background—she was the pinnacle of human excellence.
Just her passing by made the shops on either side sell more bottled water—too many people suddenly felt parched.

Chen Wen simply admired her from afar. After all, everyone appreciates beauty; how could that be considered improper?
Even among students of Quanzhou University, there were worlds of difference between people.
Chen Wen knew, though he had a bit of charm—some even called him the most handsome in his department—compared to Su Wen, it was heaven and earth apart.
He didn’t indulge in unrealistic dreams; he knew his own family’s circumstances.
A father who followed stock market tips online and gambled everything in factories.
A mother who bought Swiss rolls online every day, making their financial woes even worse.
Now, the family’s main source of income was Chen Wen himself, relying on the half-dead foot massage shop inherited from his grandfather, luring college students to wash their feet with risqué pictures in a small group chat.
Luckily, every year new students enrolled, and he could trick one or two. As long as Quanzhou University existed, “Goddess Foot Massage” wouldn’t close down.
Enough to barely get by.

Suddenly—

His phone vibrated in his pocket.

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Chen Wen jumped up at once. Could it be those few idiots from earlier leaving another bad review? As their upperclassman, he should teach them a lesson for society’s sake.
But when he checked, Chen Wen was surprised.
It wasn’t a notification from the public review app, but rather a strange new foot massage shop app had appeared on his phone.
A brand-new interface popped up.

[“Goddess Foot Massage by Quanzhou University”]
[Status: On the verge of bankruptcy]
[Rating: 0.1 stars]
[Customers today: 2]
[Monthly customers: 10]
[My staff: Two fifty-year-old aunties, no stars]
[Current task: Recruit a star-rated masseuse to receive a recruitment coupon]

(Recruitment coupon: Anyone who touches it will be forcibly recruited and willingly work for you)

Chen Wen read through everything and couldn’t help but laugh.
Goodness, it looked just like a system out of a novel.
He hadn’t been reborn, nor traveled through time, nor lost a wife—how could he have a system bound to him?
But credit where it’s due, whoever made this app was impressive, even knowing the exact location of his shop.
Fortunately, Chen Wen was just a poor guy; if someone hacked his phone, they’d find nothing but darkness. If they wanted to steal something, he’d prefer they took his record of debts and expenses.

Following the principle that those with nothing to lose fear nothing, Chen Wen started browsing through the app in detail.

Recruitment coupon, anyone could be forcibly recruited.
Muttering to himself, Chen Wen’s gaze drifted toward Su Wen, the campus belle, and a bold idea came to mind.
If Su Wen could work as a masseuse at Goddess Foot Massage, wouldn’t the students trample down the door?

Thinking along these lines, Chen Wen tapped the recruitment coupon icon.

The next moment.

Countless lines of code flashed across the screen.

[Generating recruitment coupon]
[Recruitment coupon generated. One-star recruitment coupon delivered successfully]

(One-star recruitment coupon can only recruit one-star or below masseuses)

Seeing this, Chen Wen couldn’t hold back his laughter.
Coupon delivered successfully? He hadn’t even seen its shadow.
For a moment, he thought he was dreaming, and maybe today’s two customers were hallucinations.

He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to uninstall the foot massage shop app.

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Just then, as Chen Wen raised his hand, he suddenly noticed a light, leathery paper slip appearing in his palm.

His mind froze for a moment. He slapped himself, felt the sting, and then jumped up in shock.

Damn, the system was real!

“One-star recruitment coupon.
Usage: Place it in the recruit’s hand.
Note: Writing a name on the coupon helps you view the recruit’s star rating, avoiding waste.
Note: Do not recruit above your level, or indescribable events may occur.”

Chen Wen’s hands trembled as he suppressed his excitement, writing “Su Wen” on the coupon.

“Su Wen: One-star masseuse
Height: 168.1 cm
Weight: 93.3 lbs
Bust: 93.8 cm
Waist: 60.8 cm
Hips: 91.3 cm”

“Special talent: Lingering Impression”
(Everyone who sees her is deeply impressed, making her the perfect front for a foot massage shop.)

Chen Wen swallowed hard. Just the detailed measurements alone would let him make a fortune at Quanzhou University.

This overwhelming wealth was finally coming to Chen Wen!

He cleared his throat, clutching the recruitment coupon, and walked toward Su Wen.

Trying to control himself, not to dwell on unspeakable things, but as he approached, he realized he had underestimated the impact of 93.8.

He lifted his gaze slightly, trying to avoid that patch of snowy whiteness.

“Hey, would you be interested in a high-paying temp job?”

Su Wen furrowed her elegant brows and accepted the coupon Chen Wen handed her.

[Beep, forcibly recruiting…]
[Recruitment successful!]

Su Wen’s cold gaze wavered. She looked at Chen Wen, confusion flickering in her eyes, then slowly shifting to obedience.

Chen Wen’s heart raced, filled with anticipation and worry.

“Hey?”

“Boss, Xiao Su can do any kind of work~”

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